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Ohio Naturalist. 
[ Vol. 1, No. 6 
Mr. Griggs reported that he and Mr. Tyler had procured a set of 
two great horned owl’s eggs from an old hawk's nest in a beech tree 
north of the city, on March 4th. 
The paper of the evening was given by Professor Osborn on “ The 
Naples Zoological Station ” The paper was illustrated by lantern 
and many views of historic places in Europe were given. Naples 
and the surrounding country with Vesuvius, Pompeii and other 
points of natural or historic interest were shown in a series of fine 
views from photographs. The station building with the beautiful 
grounds surrounding it appeared in several of the views. The 
speaker dwelt at some length on the opportunities given investiga- 
tors, the methods of work, equipment in laboratories and library, 
and the cordiality of the staff in charge, and expressed the hope that 
many of the students in his hearing might at some future time 
enjoy the privileges of a sojourn at the station. 
Mr. Modesta Quiroga was elected to membership. 
Jas. S. Hike, Secretary. 
NEWS AND NOTES. 
In the present number of the Naturalist is published some of 
the work done last summer at the Lake Laboratory, located at San- 
dusky, O. For the announcement for the summer of 1901, or any 
other information, address Herbert Osborn, Director, Ohio State 
University, Columbus, O. 
Special Papers No. 3, Ohio State Academy of Science, has been 
distributed. This paper deals w r ith “The Preglacial Drainage of 
Ohio,” and the authors are W. G. Tight, Granville, J. A. Bownocker, 
Columbus, J. H. Todd, Wooster, and Gerard Fowke, Chillicothe. 
The paper is a neat pamphlet of seventy-five pages, with a number 
of maps and half-tones. 
Referring to Burglehaus’ note on Syndesmon (Ohio Naturalist, 
1:72), I may say that I have a number of specimens from Eastern 
Kansas, all of which have sessile involucral leaves. Some of the 
specimens in the Ohio State Herbarium have sessile leaves, while 
others have involucral leaves with petioles one inch or less in length. 
That there can be no mistake in the interpretation of what is supposed 
to constitute an involucral leaf is shown from the following statement 
in Britton and Brown’s Flora, 2: 50: — “ Involucre of three compound 
sessile leaves; leaflets stalked.” Mr. S. E. Horlacher, of Dayton, 
Ohio, writes that all the specimens in his herbarium agree with the 
Flora in having sessile involucral leaves. There may be several 
forms of Syndesmon distinct enough to designate as varieties; there 
is at least a large amount of variation. 
J. H. SCHAFFNER. 
